The Chicago Bulls are seemingly heading into the slaughterhouse this season. They've struggled so badly that they are currently at the bottom of the standings in the Eastern Conference.
Bulls management has made steps to somehow improve the struggling team. They fired head coach Fred Hoiberg Monday after a disastrous 5-19 start to their 2018 campaign, and Jim Boylen has been promoted as a result to become the team's 24th head coach overall. Boylen is expected to be part of Chicago's rebuilding process to fix the ills that currently hinder the team's development.
The newly appointed coach initially stated that he would only add Dean Cooper to his staff. Cooper is an assistant coach for Chicago's G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. However, Nate Loenser and Shawn Respert were promoted as well on the Bulls' bench, and assistant Randy Brown has resigned.
According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, Brown was asked to have a smaller role on the staff, but instead he opted to resign:
Jim Boylen confirmed Randy Brown was asked to take lesser role on staff and resigned.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) December 4, 2018
Brown was with the team since 2015 and served as an assistant during Hoiberg's tenure.
Boylen expressed his disappointment at Brown's departure, per Johnson:
“I’m disappointed Randy won’t be with us,” Boylen said. “He’s going to move on and we’re going to move on. We’ve got games to play and we’ve got players to develop. We’ve got a franchise to uphold. … The train is moving out, so we gotta get going.’’
Aside from being a member of the coaching staff, Brown was also a member of the Chicago Bulls' three-peat from 1996-1998 as a player. He played alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, mostly coming off the bench.
The Bulls dropped to 5-20 with a 96-90 loss in Boylen's debut on the bench.
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